Baywatch is back

One of my old vices has always been the fact I enjoy terrible corny tv shows very much, and I'm not ashamed to admit. So, imagine my joyfullness when I found out this week that Baywatch is back in re-run in the Netherlands. Every evening at 6.55-ish RTL7 broadcasts an episode, starting from the very beginning. The episodes showing right now are so old, they don't even feature Pamela Anderson and David Charvet yet (it's all about Erika Eleniak and Billy Warlock in the first season). In fact, it doesn't even have its memorable 'I'll Be Ready' themesong yet, but some forgetable song that was quickly dished after the first season.

Baywatch used to be, along with Beverly Hills 90210, my favourite tv show in my high school years. As a matter of fact, I suppose it was about everybody's favourite tv show, judging by how much talk there was about both Baywatch and 90210. I remember my favourite episode being the one where Jill is attacked by a shark and dies (with an especially cheesy song playing in the background).

Still, the fun really started in season 2, when David Charvet was introduced. Was he a hottie or what? I became a regular viewer every week from the moment he was on the show, daydreaming away he would rescue me from the ocean and subsequently marry me. Ah, childhood fantasies... Once David left the show, I started to like Baywatch less and less, and after while just stopped watching.

None of that matters now, the old episodes are still the bomb, and I intend on watching every evening! Now if only they also tart re-running Beverly Hills 90210 and perhaps Melrose Place, and I'm a happy guy!